Ohio Social Studies Strands

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Ohio Social Studies Strands for a 5th grade
lesson Coming to America The Story of the
Pilgrims by Stephanie Burke Ali Lines
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Strand One American Heritage Activities Website
s Strand Two People in Societies Activities Web
sites Strand Three World Interactions Activitie
s Websites Strand Four Decision Making and
Resources Activities Websites Strand Five
Democratic Processes Activities Websites Strand
Six Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities Act
ivities Websites
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Strand One American Heritage
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Activities
1. Read the book, Squantos Journey and
discuss as a class Squanto and the hardships he
faced in life. 2. Identify the role Squanto
played in the relationship between the Pilgrims
and the Native Americans. Discuss your answer in
a one page essay. 3. Draw or construct a replica
of the Mayflower.
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4. Draw or find a picture of two means of
transportation from our world today and two from
the Plymouth colony. 5. Recommend the best types
of crops to grow in the Plymouth colony area.
This will be a group activity, each group must
submit their list to the teacher.
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Websites http//www.plimoth.org/Library/pc22-26.ht
m http//www.plimoth.org/Library/museum/subscribe.
htm http//www.moah.org http//dickshovel.com/wamp
a.html http//pilgrims.net/plymouth/thanksgiving.h
tm
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Strand Two People in Societies
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Activities
1. Pretending that you are a Pilgrim, write a
letter to your friends you left in England,
explaining your reasons for coming to the New
World. 2. We will have a class role play in
which some students are Pilgrims and some are the
King of England. We will replay the conversation
in which the Pilgrims told the King that they
wanted to leave England.
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3. Using ellison cuts, trace the route the
Mayflower took when it sailed off to America.
4. Using a map with a key or legend, estimate
the number of miles the Mayflower traveled. 5.
If you had 150.00 and had to prepare
Thanksgiving dinner, what would you buy and how
much would you spend?
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Websites http//www.mayflowerfamilies.com/colonial
_life/ http//www.pilgrimhall.org.museum.htm http
//www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1465/ http//
www.holidays.net/thanksgiving/pilgrims.htm http//
www.pilgrims.progress.org.uk/
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Strand Three World Interactions
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Activities
1. Given latitude and longitude points students
will be able to find the points on the map
(Plymouth Colony, England, Holland) and color
them in. 2. Draw a diagram of farms that
Pilgrims had due to the physical environment of
the area. 3. Pilgrims had to build special
houses because of their physical environment,
construct a Pilgrim house of your own and explain
the special features it has.
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4. Students will be either Native Americans,
Pilgrims or reporters. Reporters will ask
questions such as How did the Native Americans
help you and How did the Pilgrims help you?.
Everyone else must answer. 5. The students will
write a journal entry answering the question,
Could the Pilgrims have survived without the
help of the Native Americans?
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Websites http//www.pilgrimhall.org/phouses.htm ht
tp//pilgrims.net/plimothplantation/vtour/index.ht
m http//www.fcps.k12.va.us http//aol.com/RichCla
rk7/pilgrims.htm http//members.aol.com/calebj/squ
anto.html
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Strand Four Decision Making and Resources
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Activities
1. Students will participate in a bartering
activity with their classmates illustrating the
concept of trade-offs for consumers. 2. The
students will write a short essay (1 pg.)
answering the question, Do you think the Native
Americans felt that their food supply was
threatened by the arrival of the Pilgrims?
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3. Use picture and bar graphs to examine the
exchange of resources, goods, and services
between the Native Americans and Pilgrims by
making identifications, comparisons and
predictions. 4. Pretend that you are a Native
American. Write down the advantages and
disadvantages of the arrival of the Pilgrims. 5.
A class discussion of the change of supply and
demand with the arrival of the Pilgrims.
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Websites http//www.plimoth.org http//usinfo.stat
e.gov http//www.yale.edu/lawweb.avalon/amerdoc/ h
ttp//www.civnet.org/resources/teach/basic/ http/
/etext.lib.virginia.edu/users/deetz/Plymouth/
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Strand Five Democratic Processes
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Activities
1. Role-play a situation in which the Pilgrims
and Native Americans are having a conflict. How
would the government have handled that
conflict? 2. Compare and contrast the government
in England with that in the Plymouth colony. 3.
If you were a Pilgrim, what rules and laws would
you want in your colony? Make a list in groups.
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4. Compare and contrast the government of the
Pilgrims with our government today. Make a chart
showing what you find. 5. Pretend you are a
Pilgrim. Make an advertisement showing why
people should come to your colony.
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Websites http//xroads.virginia.edu/CAP/PURITAN/
http//www.plimoth.org/Library/pc28-92.htm http//
www.rootsweb.com/mosmd/ http//www.puritansermons
.com/banner/logan1.htm http//7cs.com/mayflower.ht
m
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Strand Six Citizenship Rights and
Responsibilities
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Activities
1. Given a list of facts/opinions about the
Plymouth Colony students will determine what is
fact and what is opinion. 2. Write a poem
answering the following question How were the
Pilgrims courageous? 3. Read Squantos Journey
to the third grade class.
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4. Debate whether or not groups of people should
be allowed to leave their homelands if they are
not happy. 5. Design a Thanksgiving display on
the school bulletin board.
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Websites http//members.aol.com/calebj/ http//www
.pilgrimsprogress.org.uk/poetscor.htm http//www.o
cmayflower.org/compact.htm http//law.ou.edu/hist/
mayflower.html http//www.fcps.k12.va.us/Churchill
RoadES/